B overall score

                    One group had a higher score

                    Three groups had a lower score

                    One group had the same score

How are scores calculated?

The overall score is based on the average of the scores below for species abundance, blade length, and short shoot density. Each of these three scores is based on how close the reported values are to the overall averages across all groups participating in the transect training. Reported values summarized for each species across all transects that deviate largely from the averages are given lower scores. The overall score is then ranked relative to all other groups.

Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (average) Short shoot density reported per m2 (average)
Transect 1 Halodule 25-50% (25-50%)
Transect 2 Halodule - (solitary)
Syringodium - (solitary)
Transect 3 Halodule 76-100% (76-100%) 22 (19.3) 27.3 (68.9)
Thalassia <5% (<5%) 45.2 (39.7) 0.7 (1.3)
Transect 4 Halodule <5% (<5%)
Thalassia 51-75% (51-75%) 29.4 (30.1) 24.3 (26.2)
Transect 5 Syringodium 5-25% (25-50%) 32.8 (33.5) 18.3 (30.8)
Thalassia 25-50% (25-50%) 33 (35.3) 5.3 (7.3)
Transect 6 Syringodium <5% (<5%)
Thalassia 25-50% (51-75%) 0 (6.5) 0 (3.8)
Abundance summary

A

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

All species 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Halodule +1 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Blade Length summary

A

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

All species +0.3 cm difference on average across transects

Halodule +2.7 cm difference on average across transects

Syringodium -0.7 cm difference on average across transects

Thalassia -1 cm difference on average across transects

Short Shoot Density summary

D

reported values deviate a lot from the average, much lower

All species -18.7 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Halodule -41.6 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Syringodium -12.5 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Thalassia -2.1 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Abundance

A

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Blade Length

A

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Short Shoot Density

D

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on short shoot density by viewing the link here.

Species identification